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Table 3 The sample mean pain intensity scores

From: Hospitalized patients’ pain experience before and after the introduction of a nurse-based pain management programme: a separate sample pre and post study

Pain intensity

Survey 1 Mean (SD)

Survey 2 Mean (SD)

Survey 3 Mean (SD)

p-value a

Survey 1 vs. Survey 2

Survey 1 vs. Survey 3

Survey 2 vs. Survey 3

Your pain at its worst in the last 24 h

5.8 (2.6)

5.3 (2.0)

4.2 (1.8)

0.069

0.000

0.001

Your pain at its least in the last 24 h

4.2 (2.4)

4.0 (2.0)

3.2 (1.6)

0.627

0.000

0.001

Your pain on average in the last 24 h

4.7 (2.2)

4.2 (1.2)

3.5 (1.4)

0.008

0.000

0.001

How much pain you have right now

4.1 (2.8)

3.8 (2.0)

2.9 (1.9)

0.387

0.000

0.001

  1. a P-value using one-way ANOVA with post hoc test